Chyna DDTs Stephanie & Triple H Gets Arrested for Spousal Abuse – WWE SmackDown 8/31/00 Review

Triple H and Stephanie are finally reconciling backstage when there’s a knock on the door. It’s the police, responding to a spousal abuse complaint. Triple H gets put in the car. Mick Foley runs up asking what about his main event. Tommy Blacha and Rob Pasbani recap the August 31, 2000 edition of WWF SmackDown, live from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the final WWF event of August 2000.

The show opens with Stephanie explaining her whereabouts since SummerSlam, but Angle immediately counters with footage of Chyna and Triple H’s hug on Raw, then footage of Chyna tending to Triple H after their match. He accuses Triple H of domestic violence, Chyna comes to the ring to defend herself, and Angle gives her the Angle Slam. Tommy and Rob call it A+ soap opera from start to finish.

With Triple H in a police car, the main event becomes Eddie vs Angle one-on-one, Chyna in Eddie’s corner and Stephanie forced into Angle’s. Angle cheats to win using the IC title belt. Chyna beats up Angle post-match, turns to face Stephanie, who tries to talk her way out. Chyna grabs her by the hair and DDTs her to one of the loudest pops of the night.

Other major discussion points include:

– Edge and Christian mock Monday’s mini Hardies in a promo, then lose a clean six-person tag to the Hardy Boyz and Lita in what Tommy and Rob call the match of the night

– Al Snow pins Saturn with a dragon sleeper submission to win the European Championship in a match involving Head, a stopped pinfall by Teddy Long, and a finish nobody saw coming

– Undertaker vs Benoit for the number one contendership ends by disqualification when Kane interferes, despite the announcers hammering that only a pinfall or submission can determine a winner

– Just Joe tells Angle he heard loud noises coming from the McMahon-Helmsley dressing room; Angle fills in the rest himself and calls the cops

– Kaientai get caught laughing at the Dudleys’ TLC losses, leading to the APA costing the Dudleys the match before the Dudleys table Funaki as a receipt

– Trish Stratus shows up to Val Venis demanding respect, Val tears into her bleach blonde hair, her push-up bra, and her cowboy hat, telegraphing his turn to Right to Censor

– Tommy covers Sunday Night Heat: Crash Holly, Dean Malenko, Kane’s mask promo targeting The Rock, and what happened to T&A and the APA

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00:00 Intro

2:51 Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC / Overall Show Impressions

5:18 Tommy’s Story: Steiners at a WCW Clash of Champions in This Arena

7:32 Back to SmackDown / Storyline Momentum vs Raw

7:56 Recap Focuses on Raw, Not SummerSlam / Why That Makes Sense

8:15 Stephanie McMahon Opens the Show: The Alibi / The Crowd’s Response

9:36 Kurt Angle Interrupts Stephanie / Shows the Chyna and Triple H Footage

12:54 Chyna Comes to the Ring / “If That Is Your Real Name”

14:34 Angle Slam on Chyna / Eddie Runs Out / Segment Analysis

15:53 Triple H Arrives at the Arena / Stephanie Slaps Him

16:43 Road Dog Promo at Fort Bragg / vs Bull Buchanan (Right to Censor)

18:58 Chyna and Eddie Approach Foley / Triple Threat Is Booked

19:41 Edge and Christian Promo / Six-Person Tag vs Hardy Boyz and Lita

23:11 Backstage: Angle Approaches Stephanie About the Kiss

24:45 European Championship: Al Snow vs Saturn

27:42 Triple H and Stephanie Reconcile Backstage / Just Joe Eavesdrops

29:04 Al Snow’s Post-Match Promo: “Citizens of Europea”

30:49 Number One Contender Match: Undertaker vs Benoit / Kane and Rock Arrive

32:13 The DQ Finish Problem: “Only Pinfall or Submission” Goes Out the Window

35:55 Tazz Promo / Jericho Cuts Him Off

40:00 Tazz vs Chris Jericho / Lawler Interferes

41:05 What Went Wrong with Tazz in WWF / Tommy’s Take on Vince’s Blind Spot

44:06 Just Joe Tells Angle About the Loud Noises / Angle Calls the Cops

44:34 Kaientai Mock the Dudleys / Dudleys vs Kaientai / APA Interfere

46:16 Backstage: Kurt Finds Stephanie / Trish Confronts Val Venis

47:20 Rikishi vs Val Venis / Right to Censor Interference

47:54 Chyna and Eddie Backstage Before the Main Event

48:25 Triple H and Stephanie Make Up / Cops Arrive with Spousal Abuse Complaint

49:24 Foley Changes the Main Event / Stephanie Forced Into Angle’s Corner

50:43 Main Event: Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle

51:05 Angle Wins with the IC Belt / Chyna DDTs Stephanie Post-Match

54:21 Sunday Night Heat Rundown

56:21 Closing Thoughts and Sign-Off